Monday, December 10, 2007 - 1:35 PM
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Inherited bacterial symbionts influence host selection behavior of a whitefly parasitoid

Martha S. Hunter, mhunter@ag.arizona.edu, University of Arizona, Department of Entomology, 410 Forbes Building, Tucson, AZ and Sarah G. Kenyon, sarah.kenyon@unine.ch, Universite de Neuchatel, Institute de Zoologie, Rue Emile-Argand 11, Case Postale 158, Neuchatel, Switzerland.



Species 1: Hymenoptera Aphelinidae Encarsia pergandiella
Species 2: Hemiptera Aleyrodidae Bemisia tabaci (sweetpotato whitefly)